I'm THANKFUL there wasn't a bomb at the Port Authority....

There is nothing quite like sending your wife off to NY city on the bus only to read news headlines later that there was a bomb scare at the station down there.... I mean, yes, sure, she is totally fine, but HOLY CATS!

The wife is in NY to see the sisters at my suggestion:  this is a totally busy week (MONTH!) and I need to work and host the open studio here and also, of course, visit various dogs and cats I am babysitting for.... I mean, Thanksgiving to me is a retail opportunity NOT a day of rest and family.  That's what Christmas is for :)

I'll tell you what else I am grateful for:  this has been an amazing retail season so far, and hopefully that will continue and we can pay our December 31 property tax with ease...I am grateful for our traditional, um, Thanksgiving lasagna (no dairy, wheat or gluten, just BADASS FLAVOR!) and coconut pumpkin pie....I am grateful for the incredible weather we are enjoying, warm today and downright HOT expected for Friday....

And I am grateful to YOU.  So many nice people visit here, thank you :)